6.29 Aim Of Belief

Keywords: society, transparency, deliberation, normative, norm, norms, contrast, inquiry, judgement, aim, class, conceptual, concept, explained, considerations

Number of articles: 43
Weighted number of articles: 40.56816

A scatterplot showing the raw number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic aim of belief each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.62, and the median value is 0. It reaches a peak value of 6 in 2008, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1946.

Figure 6.121: Raw number of articles in topic 29, aim of belief.

A scatterplot showing the weighted number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic aim of belief each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.58, and the median value is 0.24. It reaches a peak value of 4.12 in 2013, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1950.

Figure 6.122: Weighted number of articles in topic 29, aim of belief.

A scatterplot showing the proportion of philosophy articles that are in the epistemology subtopic aim of belief each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.1%, and the median value is 0.1%. It reaches a peak value of 0.9% in 2013, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.123: Percentage of philosophy articles in topic 29, aim of belief.

A scatterplot showing the percentage of epistemology articles that are in the epistemology subtopic aim of belief each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 1.6%, and the median value is 1.0%. It reaches a peak value of 7.0% in 1958, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.124: Percentage of epistemology articles in topic 29, aim of belief.

Characteristic Articles

  1. Alexander Miller, 2008, “Thoughts, Oughts and the Conceptual Primacy of Belief,” Analysis 68:234–8.
  2. Nishi Shah, 2006, “A New Argument for Evidentialism,” The Philosophical Quarterly 56:481–98.
  3. Pascal Engel, 2013, “Doxastic Correctness,” Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Supplementary Volume) 87:199–216.
  4. Seyed Ali Kalantari and Michael Luntley, 2013, “On the Logic of Aiming at Truth,” Analysis 73:419–22.
  5. Nishi Shah, 2003, “How Truth Governs Belief,” Philosophical Review 112:447–82.
  6. Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen, 2010, “The Truth Norm and Guidance: A Reply to Glüer and Wikforss,” Mind 119:749–55.
  7. Kathrin Glüer and Åsa Wikforss, 2010, “The Truth Norm and Guidance: A Reply to Steglich-Petersen,” Mind 119:757–61.
  8. Anthony Ellis, 1995, “Thomson on Distress,” Ethics 106:112–9.
  9. Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen, 2006, “No Norm Needed: On the Aim of Belief,” The Philosophical Quarterly 56:499–516.
  10. Nishi Shah and J. David Velleman, 2005, “Doxastic Deliberation,” Philosophical Review 114:497–534.

Highly Cited Articles

  1. Fred I. Dretske, 1970, “Epistemic Operators,” Journal of Philosophy 67:1007–23. (0.479606)
  2. Nishi Shah and J. David Velleman, 2005, “Doxastic Deliberation,” Philosophical Review 114:497–534. (0.999873)
  3. Nishi Shah, 2006, “A New Argument for Evidentialism,” The Philosophical Quarterly 56:481–98. (0.892802)
  4. Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen, 2006, “No Norm Needed: On the Aim of Belief,” The Philosophical Quarterly 56:499–516. (0.9997422)